Stay or Skip? Does Primate Have a Post-Credits Scene?

Quick one for anyone eyeing the aisle: if you’re wondering whether to hang through the credits of the new horror flick 'Primate,' here’s the simple answer up top — you don’t need to.

The movie itself is a clean, mean survival setup: Lucy heads to a tropical island to decompress, and her family’s beloved chimp, Ben, goes full rabid nightmare. With help nowhere in sight, Lucy and her friends end up battling their former pet just to make it off the island alive. Simple premise, nasty predicament.

Should you stay through the credits?

• No extra scenes. There’s no mid-credit tease and no post-credit stinger. Once the credits roll, the story is over.
• There is an end-of-credits song. After the credits fully finish, a track called 'The Crab' plays. It’s a goofy button, not a story add-on. The lyric you’ll hear: 'I am a crab, and I walk to the right, walk to the left.'
• If you’re only hunting for plot, you can bounce when the credits start. If you want the novelty tune, stick it out — just know it doesn’t set up anything.
• As for sequel hints: none here. The movie is pretty self-contained. That said, a follow-up isn’t impossible if audiences show up and the box office looks healthy.

What the director was going for

Speaking to Filmspeak, director Johannes Roberts laid out the tightrope he tried to walk with Ben. He didn’t want a straight creature feature, but he also didn’t want viewers feeling miserable about the chimp. The goal was to make you scared, a little sympathetic, and still have fun — which is harder than it sounds when your villain is the family pet.

'It was fun. When you look at this movie, and it lands really well now, and I can feel how successful it is when I watch it with an audience, it feels simple, but I will say that this film, as a tonal piece, was an absolute f*cking nightmare. It wasn’t a straight creature feature, we wanted to create sympathy, but we also didn’t want people to feel bad for Ben, we wanted people to have fun.'

He also leaned into a splash of slasher-style madness to keep the ride lively while still tugging at your nerves.

'Equally, I wanted to have this kind of Freddy Krueger-esque craziness that goes in the film, so it was really tricky to have a tonal balance for where the movie goes, to make sure the audience comes along with you and have fun with it while feeling terrified and sympathetic.'

So, bottom line: no tags, no teases, just a vicious island nightmare capped with a silly crustacean jam. Choose your exit strategy accordingly.